ThesmilingchocoboofGOD
I just started back here as well,none of my friends have been on since like 2007-2011
There's a lot going on and you may regret coming back to Gaia. This place is like a cesspool now. It's all about Gaia Cash and those damned flash sales in the cash shop. Everything is about the cash shops, flash sales and the worst thing to ever hit Gaia- FLYNN'S BOOTY.
The new CEO and COO, are moneygrubbing, egotistical bastards that don't care a thing about the users, the site or anything except getting their hands on all of our hard-earned money. You won't be seeing any announcements or staff alerts about any site improvements, all you will see is an endless array of sales, flash sales and that goddamned Flynn's booty. The economy on Gaia is shot to Hell. I hope you have millions upon millions of gold in your account because if you don't you won't be buying anything on the marketplace anymore.
Guilds will NEVER get updated/upgraded. The head flunky of the administrators, also known as the head programmer and person actually in charge of Gaia- Narumi Misuhara- posted in his journal in September:
Then and Now
Whoa! been a while ride the past few months. XD Thought I'd give a project update to the projects I announced at the beginning of the year. You can see that entry here.
This biggest change between then and now is that all projects going forward must earn their production cost. This is nothing new in the world of business but is new to Gaia. This does not mean you won't be able to do anything without gcash,
it does mean that you should expect most projects to have some gcash element to them.So, as you can see, Guilds are screwed.
Games- the first 2 pay to play one are already here!!! Smashblox and the new battle system. The Halloween event and the one before that- yup- had to use Gaia Cash is you wanted any chance of doing anything in them.
Most of us are giving Gaia - at the most- another year before it completely crashes and burns, provided the CEO doesn't hold true to his professional history and SELL GAIA first. He never stays anywhere more than 1-3 yrs before he sells the company.
Speaking of selling the company- the a--hole in charge is already working on an adult 18+
porn pay to play site for Gaia.
Oh and
BEWARE people who go to the forums and complain/protest too much or too loudly are being banned with no notice by some overzealous mods and staff members. I should know- 2 of my accounts have already been banned for doing just that!!! This account NEVER posts in the forums. Once you are pegged a "troublemaker" the staff/mods go on a witch hunt for you and all mule accounts you have.